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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is crazy.  It doesn't matter that BLM may be divisive, or that it may be viewed in a "dim light" by some.  If a majority of Americans didn't believe in evolution, we wouldn't keep that out of schools (anymore).  Kids in school should be learning knowable things w/r/t the BLM movement.  For example, they should learn about police brutality, they should learn about how a law that, on its face, doesn't appear to target one group of people, can nonetheless have racist effect either through artful legislating or skewed enforcement (e.g., the war on drugs), they should also look at what can be done to address current problems, and why these are such difficult issues to tackle (ingrained mistrust of police, institutional racism, etc.)

The point of BLM curriculum is not that all kids should be taught to adhere the BLM platform.  But they should be taught what the movement is and why is exists.  We NEED to move beyond a world where people can say, "all lives matter" or "blue lives matter" and just talk past each other, without recognizing what the other person is saying.  And education--in school--is the place to start.[/quote]

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